OGDEN — The race for the District 2 seat on the Ogden school board features a junior high school teacher vying for his third term and a community advocate aiming to bolster her civic involvement. Douglas Barker said at a community forum earlier this month that one of his focuses as a board ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A loose coalition of groups urged Utah legislators on Wednesday to toughen ethics requirements for school boards to rein in claimed bad behavior by elected education officials around the state. The group reported a smorgasbord of controlling, abusive and secretive actions ...
According to data from the Utah System of Higher Education, Utahns are starting to head back to colleges and universities after the COVID-19 pandemic. The USHE released its annual data Monday, which showed enrollment at Utah’s degree-granting public colleges and universities rose 1.45% ...
Intermountain Healthcare is donating more than $1 million to Weber State University to help combat the shortage of health care workers and increase the number of students accepted into its programs. The funding will help support WSU’s new physician assistant program, which will launch next ...
OGDEN — A woman who as a teenager was sexually abused by a teacher has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Ogden School District had a pattern of policy and supervisory deficiencies that repeatedly allowed teachers to prey upon students. The woman was a student of Drew Tutt in 2015-16 when ...
OGDEN — The end is near. Taylor Canyon Elementary, now shuttered, will soon be demolished. Before the walls of the East Bench school come tumbling down, though, Ogden School District officials are holding a goodbye ceremony from 5-6 p.m. Wednesday outside the building. It's located at 2130 ...
OGDEN — A sea of purple flooded Weber State University’s new Noorda Engineering, Applied Science & Technology Building Friday afternoon for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour. While students have been learning in their new engineering environment since the beginning of the ...
OGDEN — It's homecoming week at Weber State University — time to "Make Ogden Purple," as the university puts it, mark the university's wide-ranging contributions and light the "W," the oversized letter on the side of the mountain above the college campus. It's also time to honor a few of ...
OGDEN — The new "BL" lettering on the mountainside above Ben Lomond High School is largely complete, says Doug Wimmer, the 1972 grad who spearheaded the effort. "We've got a lot done," he said. "Man, it is standing out really well." About the only thing left to do, he said, is beef up the ...
WASHINGTON TERRACE — Six hopefuls vying for school board posts in the Ogden and Weber school districts touched on critical race theory, student achievement levels, school safety and more at a debate Tuesday as Election Day creeps closer. It was a civil affair — no flare ups or ...
